In 9th Grade, you are at a crossroads in your life. This path leads you to your adulthood, your career, and your strongest personal connections. These years shape who you are and who you will become. For this reason, many say that your high school years are the best years of your life. But will you remember it all? Will you remember what was important to you now, what your goals were, what were the funniest or most frustrating moments? In three years as you receive your high school diploma, 9th grade will seem like a distant memory (or suppressed nightmare).
Just to help you remember where you started, your final essay is going to be your “Note to Self”. In essence, it will be your own personal time capsule of memories, thoughts, goals, people, and events that are important to you now. Using the prompts below, write a personal essay of a page in length (double spaced, typed, 12 point Times New Roman font). When you print it out, place it in an envelope and seal it, writing your name and address on the front. (This way, if I miss you at graduation, I can still send it out to you.)
Here are some prompts to help you with content, but write about things that are important to you now that you want to remember for years to come.
People who are important to you (family, friends, significant others)
Funniest moments and biggest frustrations in 9th grade
What are you looking forward to the most in your sophomore, junior and senior years?
Your favorite music, songs, or artists
Your favorite movies, actors, books, video games, gaming systems, or TV shows
Goals you have right now for your future. What do you want to do once you graduate from Iroquois? (college, work, military, family)
Class, friend, teacher, staff member than impacted you the most this year (good or bad)
Explain some rules you wish would change in this school and why
Where do you see yourself five or ten years after graduation (career, family, city, money, status)?
What were your favorite sports, events, or activities of the year
Imagine I gave you an all-expenses paid week long vacation for your graduation present. Where would you go and why? Who would you take with you?
What is your biggest accomplishment so far in life? What is your life-long goal?
Make some predictions about what some people in your class will be doing in five or ten years after graduation. List them by name and predict what will happen to them in the future based on who they are right now.
Think of the people in your class who stand out for one reason or another. Who’s the class clown? The book worm? The laziest? The sports nut? The funniest? Most likely to succeed? Etc. Do you think you will answer these with the same names in three years as seniors?
Just to help you remember where you started, your final essay is going to be your “Note to Self”. In essence, it will be your own personal time capsule of memories, thoughts, goals, people, and events that are important to you now. Using the prompts below, write a personal essay of a page in length (double spaced, typed, 12 point Times New Roman font). When you print it out, place it in an envelope and seal it, writing your name and address on the front. (This way, if I miss you at graduation, I can still send it out to you.)
Here are some prompts to help you with content, but write about things that are important to you now that you want to remember for years to come.